more hilarious scientific research

[nibot]

A forest in South Carolina has been peppered with fluorescent bird droppings, all in the name of conservation. The unusual technique was used to track the movement of birds between patches of their preferred habitat after it has been broken up, in this case by stretches of pine trees.

The scientists sprayed wax myrtle seeds, a favourite food of eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis), with fluorescent powder and then tracked the brightly coloured results.

http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050627/full/050627-12.html

Comments

[wanton-adonis.livejournal.com]

hmmmm so are the results that of actual bird droppings, or my favorite subject yet, of trees even seedlings walking north?

If one part of Lord of the Rings could be true, it should be the moving trees....with British accents of course.

[stammering.livejournal.com]

that's not right. i'd be kind of mad if someone made me poop in technicolor.